United States Medical News Letter Vol. 53 No. 2 February 1969
MEDICAL ARTICLES
Combat Fatigue Versus Pseudo-Combat Fatigue in Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . .1
Volvulus of the Sigmoid -- Surgical Indications . . . . . . . 4
Transverse Myelitis Associated With Heroin Addict ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intraocular Treponemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Snakebite in the Tropics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Foreign Material and Postoperative Adhesions . . . . . . . 19
Approach to the Patient With "Idiopathic Edema " or " Periodic Swelling" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mite Infestations of Man Contracted From Dogs and Cats . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quality Assurance and Pharmacological Equivalency . . 30
MEDICAL ABSTRACTS
Hyperbaric Oxygenation: Current Concepts . . . . . . . . . 33
Epithelium in Wound Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Orthopedic Surgery in Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis . . . . . . . . . 34
Gall stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ascaris Pneumoni a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Halo Nevi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Penetrating Wounds of the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Significance of an Elevated Serum Amylase . . . . . . . . . 35
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION SECTION
Human Effectiveness in the Naval Service ... 36
DENTAL SECTION
Subject Acceptance of Stannous Fluoride Treatment ... 37
Papase(R) as a Routine Premedicant in Surgical Exodontia . . . . . . . . 3 8
Distal Displacement of the Mandible in Adult Rhesus Monkeys . . . . . . 39
Temperature Changes and Local Anesthesia . . . . . . . . . 39
Personnel and Professional Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
NURSE CORPS SECTION
Intensive Care U nit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
RESEARCH SECTION
List of Recent Publications From Research Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . 43
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE SECTION
Hospital Safety Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Asbestos Bodies and Bioeffects- A Detective Story . . . . 45
Get Off My Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Sequelae of Poisoning From Phosphate Ester Pesticides .. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Environmental Health Problems in Institutions of Higher Education . . . . . 52
Practical Use o f Stress Testing in Industry . . . . . . . . . . 53
EDITO R'S SECTION
New and Old Drugs f or Parkinsonism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57